National Association of Women Business Owners - business education in Orange County California

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NAWBO-OC Education Center

NAWBO-OC is proud to announce the development of a new Education Center dedicated to furthering the success of women business owners by offering classes, workshops and series designed to meet their needs at every stage of personal and company growth. To better identify and serve the needs of NAWBO-OC members and other women business owners in Orange County, the educational programs have been designed around three target segments:

"NAWBO-OC has helped me realize my dream of owning a company that offers fun food choices without compromising health. By participating in NAWBO's mentoring program, educational courses, and monthly networking meetings, I now have the tools necessary to expand my business to the next level." —Gerrie Adams, Xengaru Fun Food LLC

1. ENERGIZERS: First time entrepreneurs with no prior business experience.

2. EVOLVERS: First time entrepreneurs with prior corporate business experience.

3. SHOW ME THE MONEY: Established entrepreneurs who have been in business for four or more years and want to take their successful businesses to the next level.

SUCCESS Teams
NAWBO-OC has extended our educational and developmental programs by offering SUCCESS Teams to complement our mentoring and business training curriculum. Unlike other programs of this type, we offer this to members without restriction on company earnings, at a fraction the price of other programs.

What is a SUCCESS Team?
A SUCCESS Team is a group of 6-10 business owners who meet regularly, to use their combined knowledge, experience, and energy to support each other’s business success. Each group is facilited by a trained and exerienced business coach and will meet twice per month, once in person and once via conference call.

SUCCESS Team meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of the month from 1 to 4pm for six months. There will also be "mid-month" conference calls. After joining a team, you will be expected to attend at least 10 out of the 12 meetings. You will also be required to participate in a general orientation meeting which will be offered before your first SUCCESS Team meeting.

Registration for the next round of SUCCESS Teams is underway. The deadline to register will be February 8, 2008. Orientation is Tuesday, February 19th from 1pm to 4pm, and the first team meeting is Tuesday, March 4th. If you’d like to learn more about NAWBO's success team program click here or visit the SUCCESS Team table at the next NAWBO dinner meeting. The support, accountability, and feedback you get in these peer advisory groups is an invaluable benefit to NAWBO members...as you network don’t forget to ask other members about their experiences!

Please note that there are only three opportunities per year to join a success team—January, May, and September (teams begin meeting the following month).

CLICK HERE for more information.
CLICK HERE to sign up!

Upcoming Classes
Classes will take place at Sunwest Bank, 17542 East 17th St, #200, Tustin, CA. MAP

Business Planning (May 22, 2008 and 28th from 9-noon) with Rita Monte, PIC, Performance Improvement Consultants. The best way to predict the future is to create it! Planning is a process that determines the future of the organization. The process helps determine business opportunities and resources that are required to convert opportunity into success.

Business Owners and leaders today have found that developing a strategy and an implementation plan is far more effective than leaving the future to chance. Furthermore, developing a strategy, a vision, a mission, and a specific plan of action contributes to long-term, sustainable success.

The Business Planning process provides a format for developing specific strategies, converting those strategies into a business planning process, and establishing measurable and attainable goals. It is a process that involves not only determining where you want and need to go but also how you are going to get there.

Creating a Website that Gets Results (June 12, 20008, 5-8pm) with Rachel Pradhan, INDRA Successful Coach Marketing. Do you have a website that just sits there? Does it not give you prospects or clients? Or is your newsletter subscription is low? Then this class is for you! "DeGeek" on Internet Marketing, Rachel Pradhan, will enlighten you on why you should have a website and how to create a website that gets results! You’ll learn why a website should:

Shorten your Sales Cycle!
- Make your Business Easy!
- Have your Clients sell For You!
- Make Marketing Easy through Your Website!
Topics that we will discuss during this content-rich 3 hour class:
- The 8 Jewels of Internet Marketing!
- Increasing your eNewsletter subscription!
- Online Video, Blogs, Podcasting, and even eCommerce!
What you will receive as a take-away:
- 1 month access to a website with "How-to" videos on Blogs, eNewsletters, Video and Podcasting
- 3-ring binder with written notes and screen shots of examples

Sales Success: Optimizing Your Sales Process (July 24, 2008, 5-8pm) with Michelle Beauchamp, B.E.A. & Company. Do your want to increase your sales? This 3-hour workshop will teach you how to create a prospecting mix, develop an effective 30-second commercial, teach you to talk less and listen more, and show you how to uncover the real reasons people buy. With these new tools, you will be turning more prospects into customers and taking your sales to the next level.

INSTRUCTORS: For information about becoming an instructor for our programs, CLICK HERE for instructor flyer.

SCHOLARSHIPS: NAWBO-OC members wishing to further their education in the pursuit of business excellence may be eligible for assistance. For information and application CLICK HERE for PDF format, CLICK HERE for Word format (can type into fields in Word).

WOMEN'S BUSINESS INSTITUTE: NAWBO-OC's Women’s Business Institute (WBI) is the 501(c)(3) funding arm for our Education Center. The primary mission of the WBI is to support the continuing business education needs of women business owners, with a secondary focus on supporting all women in business.

FOUNDING MEMBERS: Sixteen prominent OC businesswomen responded to the need for the Education Center—the WBI Founding Members—along with eight companies including Marquis Sponsor Sunwest Bank leading the charge.

2007 Scholarship Sponsors

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